California Civil Code

§ 1670.8

CIV § 1670.8 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 3 · Title 4 · Part 2

Statute text

(a)(1) A contract or proposed contract for the sale or lease of consumer goods or services may not include a provision waiving the consumer’s right to make any statement regarding the seller or lessor or its employees or agents, or concerning the goods or services.

(2)It shall be unlawful to threaten or to seek to enforce a provision made unlawful under this section, or to otherwise penalize a consumer for making any statement protected under this section.

(b)Any waiver of the provisions of this section is contrary to public policy, and is void and unenforceable.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 308, Sec. 1. (AB 2365) Effective January 1, 2015.